I stand corrected. I forgot that the Defender has an aluminum frame.
I have an M&P Compact .40 S&W that I'm on the fence with. I've been trying to sell it because I don't like the felt recoil. The felt recoil from my all-steel 5" 1911 is not a problem at all, so I'm starting to think that I wont like the felt recoil from any compact gun that fires a .40 or .45 caliber bullet.
I should have pointed out that all the guns I recommended, with the exception of the EMP, are "cut down" or "chopped" variations of full size guns. The Glock 26 is a chopped Glock 17. The Springfield XD Compact is a chopped XD and my M&P Compact is a chopped M&P.
Thinking about it more the Defender should, in theory, be just as capable of the same reliability as other compact guns. With the exception of guns like the EMP, most of the compacts are chopped full size guns.
I might pick up a Defender myself in my ongoing, perhaps never ending, search for the perfect CCW.
How does the felt recoil from the lighter weight bullets (160 to 185 gr.) feel in the Defender or equivalent chopped aluminum framed 1911? Standard pressure 185 gr. Golden Sabers and standard pressure Cor-Bon DPX 160 gr. seem interesting.
I have an M&P Compact .40 S&W that I'm on the fence with. I've been trying to sell it because I don't like the felt recoil. The felt recoil from my all-steel 5" 1911 is not a problem at all, so I'm starting to think that I wont like the felt recoil from any compact gun that fires a .40 or .45 caliber bullet.
I should have pointed out that all the guns I recommended, with the exception of the EMP, are "cut down" or "chopped" variations of full size guns. The Glock 26 is a chopped Glock 17. The Springfield XD Compact is a chopped XD and my M&P Compact is a chopped M&P.
Thinking about it more the Defender should, in theory, be just as capable of the same reliability as other compact guns. With the exception of guns like the EMP, most of the compacts are chopped full size guns.
I might pick up a Defender myself in my ongoing, perhaps never ending, search for the perfect CCW.
How does the felt recoil from the lighter weight bullets (160 to 185 gr.) feel in the Defender or equivalent chopped aluminum framed 1911? Standard pressure 185 gr. Golden Sabers and standard pressure Cor-Bon DPX 160 gr. seem interesting.